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DUNKIRK AND AFTER

... DUNKIRK AND AFTER Colonel Clark, in declaring tlie exhibition open, said two things were going to win this war—weapons and the men behind those weapons. had always had the right type of men start with, brat the beginning the war they hied not a sufficient ...

Published: Friday 08 October 1943
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 405 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Revenge for Dunkirk

... Revenge for Dunkirk FOR the regular battalions of the Royal Ulster Rifles the four arduous years of training and preparation were almost at an end by the spring of 1940. The Ist Rifles had been incorporated into the Sixth Airborne Division and had adopted ...

Published: Thursday 31 May 1984
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 147 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

AT DUNKIRK EVACUATION

... DUNKIRK EVACUATION The French Adniiraltr announced on Tuesday night that seven French destroyers and a supply ship were lost the Dunkirk evacuation, but that moat tl* crew* were saved. The British communique stater! that the evacuation has now been s ...

Published: Friday 07 June 1940
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 143 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Veteran for Dunkirk

... Veteran for Dunkirk THE Ballymena area will have a proud representative at the annual Dunkirk com- | memorative ceremonies this weekend. Mr. Robert Sunley, of Coreen, Broughshane, who holds 21 decorations for Army service during the Second World War, ...

Published: Thursday 29 May 1980
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 89 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK SURVIVOR

... DUNKIRK SURVIVOR Mr. William Lorimer, Alexmidw Strwt Ballymena, received ivotitvcation during the week that his son Rifleman William Lorimer, wlio joined the R.U.R. and had recently beenattached to the London Irish, had Veil killed in road accident in ...

Published: Friday 17 October 1941
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 632 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE EPIC OF DUNKIRK

... THE EPIC OF DUNKIRK. this tale of disaster there came imminent • t » red Emuise the face. That was the time when tf.c retreating Army was > rotated o« .n. . Kg I.e-s nkl’s .gnomimoua order the Brig tioopo lav down their arm,., and i. -t m ! I.ay the ...

Published: Friday 27 December 1940
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 438 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ENEMY BOMB DUNKIRK

... ENEMY BOMB DUNKIRK. Thursday. The following French communique was issued on Tuesday afternoon On the Meuse yesterday the end of the day, after a violent bombardment the Germans attacked several times our new positions in the region of Mort Hommi. The ...

Published: Friday 28 April 1916
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 174 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Dunkirk veteran quits

... Dunkirk veteran quits MR. SAM Ramsay, of Maybin Park, Kells, foreman millwright at Kildrum by works, locally known as Hanna's Green, was presented with a clock and his wife received a wristlet watch at an informal ceremony last week. He had decided to ...

Published: Thursday 04 October 1979
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 319 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LAST TO LEAVE DUNKIRK

... LAST TO LEAVE DUNKIRK GALLANT ULSTERMAN. The new General Officer commanding in Burma, Lieut. General Sir Harold R. L G. Alexander, was commander the British Expeditionary Force Dunkirk, and the last man to leave its bullet-swept beaches. Lieut -General ...

Published: Friday 13 March 1942
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 368 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

LORD OORT’S DEPUTY AT DUNKIRK

... LORD OORT’S DEPUTY AT DUNKIRK How doei keep Youthful Attract PROBABLY not could guess her For. thanks to Bile figure still attracti her complexion flaw she's as active and 1 when she was You. too. can younger and enjoy pei by taking Bile Beam bedtime ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1940
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 317 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DUNKIRK SQUAD PASSES OuT

... DUNKIRK SQUAD PASSES OuT OF THE 22-STRONG Dunkirk Squad at the monthly recruits’ passing out parade at the North Irish Brigade Depot last week were two soldiers with family connections with the army, but it s interesting to note that neither of them has ...

Published: Thursday 06 October 1966
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 280 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

ENEMY AIR RAID ON DUNKIRK

... ENEMY AIR RAID ON DUNKIRK. Enemy aeroplanes dropped eight bombs the Dunkirk district on Sunday. A child was injured. TUa maierial damage was unimportant. ...

Published: Friday 12 November 1915
Newspaper: Ballymena Observer
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 24 | Page: 3 | Tags: none